HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Resolution (29)Temp. Reso. #9661
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
RESOLUTION NO. R-2002-029
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE GROUP CITY
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COALITION OF BROWARD
COUNTY, FLORIDA, INC.'S EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A BROWARD COUNTY TASK FORCE,
BASED UPON REPRESENTATIVE POPULATION, TO STUDY
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR
FIRE RESCUE, PROVIDED THAT THE AGREEMENT BE FAIR
AND REPRESENTATIVE OF BROWARD COUNTY AND
INCLUDES THE PARAMETERS OF THE FOUR (4) PRIORITY
AREAS ARTICULATED BY THE GROUP CITIES COALITION IN
THEIR REPORT OF DECEMBER, 2001; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Group City Emergency Medical Service Coalition of Broward
County, Florida, Inc. (the "Coalition") has a membership comprised of eighteen (18)
municipalities in Broward County, each having direct and substantial interest in the
provision of emergency medical services to its residents, citizens and visitors; and
WHEREAS, the Coalition, in their report of December, 2001 reviewed the
recommendations of TriData (the Broward County consultant) and embraces the
consultant's recommendations regarding the areas of communications, closest unit
response, specialty teams/regional services and performance measures with
quantifiable data; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Chief recommends supporting the Group City Emergency
Medical Service Coalition of Broward County, Florida, Inc.'s efforts to support the
establishment of a Broward County Task Force; and
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WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac finds it to be in the best
interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac to support the Coalition and
the establishment of a Task Force by the County which will be based upon
representative population and which shall work on the preparation and delivery to the
County Commission of a draft Regional Fire Services Interlocal Agreement.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified and
confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this
Resolution.
SECTION 2: The City Commissioners of the City of Tamarac hereby support the
establishment of a Broward County Task Force, based upon representative population,
to study the development of an Interlocal Agreement for fire rescue, provided that the
agreement be fair and representative of Broward County and includes the parameters of
the four (4) priority areas, identified below, articulated by the group cities coalition in
their report of December, 2001.
SECTION 3: That the City Commission of the City of Tamarac further supports
the impact of the cross -jurisdictional dispatch protocols and the four (4) referenced
priority areas as follows:
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Communications:
That the communications taskforce should be expanded to include municipal
voting members, with technical background to participate in the County's
planning process;
Closest Unit Response:
That the Coalition is ready and available to work towards a resolution in order to
dispatch the nearest unit response in life threatening situations;
S ecialt teams/regional services:
That the municipalities must be included in frank discussions regarding services,
which the parties agree should be provided regionally, which should include who
should provide the regional services. In addition, the removal of ail -_
administrative fees imposed on pubic agencies for purchasing of supplies from
the County Fire Rescue warehouse;
Performance measurements and quantifiable data:
That the County Commission support the efforts of the Fire Chief's Association of
Broward County securing an EMS grant, through Broward County, for the
expansion of an existing program that utilizes existing CAD data in the analysis
of current system performance and that allows the modeling of agency and
countywide improvements in the fire rescue delivery system.
SECTION 4: The City of Tamarac will forward a copy of this Resolution to the
Broward County Commission and the members of the Group City Emergency Medical
Service Coalition of Broward County, Florida, Inc.
SECTION 5: All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 6: If any clause, section, other part or application of this Resolution is
held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, in part or
application, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions or applications of this
Resolution.
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SECTION 7: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
passage and adoption.
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED this 23rd day of January, 2002.
ATTEST:
MARION SWENSON, CMC
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I
have approved this
RESOI,rt'fiJ ION as to form.
MITCHELL S. KRAFT
CITY ATTORNEY
OE SCHREIBER
MAYOR
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